Theater / Ballet
San Francisco Theatre Research, Volume 1
San Francisco: WPA Works Progress Administration, 1938. First Series. Hardcover. Blue buckram boards, [v] [v] 119 pp., 2 bw illustrations. Contains the Introduction to the series and Monograph I: Stephen C. Massett - singer, writer, showman; and Monograph II: Joseph A. Rowe - Pioneer Circus Manager. A reproduction from typed..... More
San Francisco Theatre Research, Volume 2
San Francisco: WPA Works Progress Administration, 1938. First Series. Hardcover. Blue buckram boards, [viii] 146 pp., 3 bw illustrations. Contains Monograph III: Tom Maguire; Monograph IV: Dr. David G. (Yankee) Robinson; and Monograph V: M. B. Leavitt. A reproduction from typed manuscript, bound in heavy brown paper, and rebound with..... More
San Francisco Theatre Research, Volume 3
San Francisco: WPA Works Progress Administration, 1938. First Series. Hardcover. Blue buckram boards, [vi] 136 pp., 5 bw illustrations. Contains Monograph VI: The Starks; Monograph VII: The Bakers; and Monograph VIII: The Chapmans. A reproduction from typed manuscript, bound in heavy brown paper, and rebound with boards. The portrait illustrations..... More
San Francisco Theatre Research, Volume 4
San Francisco: WPA Works Progress Administration, 1938. First Series. Hardcover. Blue buckram boards, [vii] 156 pp., 4 bw illustrations. Contains Monograph IX: Junius Brutus Booth, the Elder; Monograph X: Junius Brutus Booth, the Younger; and Monograph XI: Edwin Booth. A reproduction from typed manuscript, bound in heavy brown paper, and..... More
English Dramatic Companies, 1558-1642, Volume 1 and 2
New York: Russell & Russell, 1963. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Volume 1 has a bw map frontispiece, xiii, 370 pp, fold out tables. Volume 2 is xii, 434 pp. Two volumes: v. 1. London companies. -- v. 2. Provincial companies. Includes bibliographical references..... More
My two years with Anna Pavlowa
Los Angeles/San francisco: Suttonhouse Publishers, 1940. Hardcover. White illustrated covers. 2 preliminary leaves, vii-xvi, 196 pages including frontispiece, illustrations (including portraits, facsimiles, music). Translated from the French manuscript by I.M. Ex-Library copy, store label on back cover. More
Almanach des konigl. Landes-Theaters zu Prag auf das Jahr 1864
Prague: Verlag der Herausgeber, 1864. Hardcover. Cream iridescent boards with sticker of 1864; 63 pp.;. Text in old German; yearbook of the Czech theatre in Prague for 1864, with directors, orchestra members, ballet personnel, etc. More
Les Contemporains De Moliere: Recueil De Comedies, Rares Ou Peu Connues, Jouees De 1650 A 1680, Avec L'Histoire De Chaque Theatre (Volume Three)
Paris, France: Librairie de Firmin-Didot, 1875. Hardcover. brown, marbled boards w/ quarter brown leather spine; gilt printing, six compartments & five raised bands. book xl, 572 pgs. Front endpaper has numerous smudges. Page edges tanned/darkened, otherwise, appears to be a clean copy. Text in French. More
Eva Le Gallienne Signed/Inscribed B/W Professional Photograph
New York: National Repertory Theatre, 1964. Ephemera. B/W 8x10 still shot of Le Gallienne in the role of Madame Arkadina from Chekhov's The Seagull. Inscribed "To Patrick Finnegan with all best wishes Eva Le Gallienne" in purple marker. Housed in a plastic wrapper. Le Gallienne translated, directed and performed in..... More
Eva Le Gallienne Signed/Inscribed B/W Professional Photograph
New York: National Repertory Theatre, 1965. Ephemera. B/W 8x10 still shot of Le Gallienne in the National Repertory Theatre's production of The Trojan Women. Inscribed "To Patrick Finnegan - Eva Le Gallienne" in purple marker. Housed in a plastic wrapper. The Trojan Women, a touring production, opened at The Hartman..... More
Vaslav Nijinsky
London: Beaumont, 1943. Second Edition. Hardcover. Red boards, white title block with black lettering on front cover and spine; 28 pp; bw frontispiece; 10 additional bw plates. Signed by author on page 28. Includes a list of the illustrations. More
Oeuvres de P. Corneille: Theatre Complet
Paris, France: A. Laplace, Sanchez, 1873. Leather bound. brown leather boards w/ blind-stamp tiling; 5 raised bands & gilt printed compartments. all gilt edges.777 pgs w/ 20 color plates. text in French. A nice copy and candidate for cover repair. Lovely color plates; tanning to tissue-guards. Full title, "Precedees de..... More
La Collezione Gallini: Gusto, Usanze, Modi Del Teatro Musicale Italiano Del Secondo Ottocento
Milan, Italy: Electa, 1982. Hardcover. white cloth boards w/ black spine printing. 207 pgs w/ color & bw illustrations. glossy blue illustrated dustjacket w/ red & black printing. text in Italian. Foreign bookstore sticker to front endpaper and stamp to back pastedown. Previous owners stamp to front endpaper. A bright..... More
Theatre Complet de Victor Hugo, Vol. II
Paris: Editions Gallimard, 1964. Hardbound. Dark green leather (?) with gold lettering on spine; white pictorial dj with protective cover; plain cardboard slipcase; 1932 pp. with no illustrations;. Text in French; edited and annoted by J.J. Thierry and Josette Meleze; divided into 8 sections of varying types of drama and..... More
Nijinsky Dancing
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. Hardcover. oversized black boards w/ blind-stamping; black cloth spine w/ gilt printing. 177 pgs w/ bw plates. glossy gold dustjacket w/ blind-stamped printing & bw illustrations. A rough exterior, but bright and clean interior. More
Harlequin on the Moon: Commedia dell'Arte and the Visual Arts
New York: H.N. Abrams, 1998. Hardcover. Maroon boards with BW illustration and white spine lettering. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with maroon and white lettering. 208 pp. 181 illustrations, 75 in color. Commedia dell'arte is the first modern theater - inspiration to Shakespeare, Moliere, Goldoni, Mozart, and Balanchine and forerunner of..... More
Russian Theatre in the Age of Modernism
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; white dj with bw illustration, black lettering, mylar cover; xii, 269 pp. Contents: Stanislavsky's production of Chekhov's Three sisters / Nick Worrall -- Boris Geyer and cabaretic playwriting / Laurence Senelick -- Boris Pronin, Meyerhold and..... More
Junidaime Ichikawa Danjuro : shumei zenkiroku
Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1985. Hardcover. Color pictorial dj.; Purple cloth over boards; Gilt titling to spine; 127 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color and bw plates. Text in Japanese; Full-page plates illustrating the career of kabuki actor Junidaime Ichikawa Danjuro, both on and off the stage. More
Patrons and Performance: Early Tudor Household Revels
Oxford/ New York: Clarendon Press/ Oxford University Press, 1990. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; green illustrated dj with white lettering, mylar cover; xv, 264 pp, bw illustrations. "This booki is the first to examine early Tudor theatre specifically from the perspective of the great households of England."..... More
Les Contemporains De Moliere: Recueil De Comedies, Rares Ou Peu Connues, Jouees De 1650 A 1680, Avec L'Histoire De Chaque Theatre (Volume Two)
Paris, France: Librairie de Firmin-Didot, 1875. Hardcover. brown, marbled boards w/ quarter brown leather spine; gilt printing, six compartments & five raised bands. book iv, 688 pgs. A candidate for rebinding. Page edges tanned/darkened, otherwise, appears to be a clean copy. Text in French. More
Picasso & la danse
Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2018. Hainaut, Bérenger, Hardcover. Ivory boards with back spine, red foil lettering on spine, front has illustration. 191 pp : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits. Text in French. "Cet ouvrage est publié à l'occasion de l'exposition «Picasso et la danse», présentée sur le site de..... More
Bakst and Benois: The Tobin wing Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum - April 1985
San Antonio: Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, 1985. Softcover. Glossy, illustrated wrap. 43 pages : illustrations (some color). Includes bibliographical references (page 43). More
Catalogue of Costume Designs from the Diaghilev Period
London, England: Sotheby & Co., 1969. Softcover. Green illus. wraps; 303 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw figures. Accompanied a sale held 15 - 16 December, 1969; 323 lots listed, including costumes from the Diaghilev period, decor and costume designs from the collection of Boris Kniaseff, and theater designs from the..... More
Eugene Berman and the theatre of melancholia: Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum
San Antonio: Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, 1984. Softcover. Glossy, illustrated wrap. 27 pages : color illustrations. Inaugural exhibition, the Tobin Wing, 1984. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas, March, 1984. More